News from July 2010
By DOE Gazette | Jul 21, 2010
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 21, 2010
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Jul 21, 2010
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on July 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Jul 21, 2010
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on July 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2010
News Release: Appearing today before the committee are three of the most important TARP watchdogs: Mr. Neil Barofsky, Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program; Ms. Elizabeth Warren, Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel; and Mr. Richard Hillman, Managing Director of the Financial Markets and Community Investment Team for the Government Accountability Office. I want to welcome you here today. We are all big believers in oversight, accountability and transparency.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2010
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today the National Park Service (NPS) will seek public comment on alternative transportation strategies developed for the Bodie Island District at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The NPS has partnered with the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - The House of Representatives voted today in strong support of U.S. manufacturers and American workers by passing H.R. 4380, the U.S. Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010. The legislation contains hundreds of tariff suspensions and reductions which would help American companies grow and support further job creation. Despite opposition by the Republican House leadership, the measure passed easily by a vote of 378-43.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2010
News Release: Walt Whitman wrote that: “to do the labor. of a prudent watchman who prevents outrage. [is one of] the proper duties of a government.".
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Wednesday told a top Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official that DHS’ long range strategic plans, while helpful in setting the Department’s top-level priorities, were too broad and unspecific.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate unanimously passed Senators Susan Collins’ (R-ME) and Tom Carper’s (D-DE) legislation designed to ensure that federal employees who operate and maintain our federal facilities have the training and resources they need to safeguard our nation's significant investment in energy efficient buildings. The bill, approved by the Senate last night, will now go to the House of Representatives for consideration.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2010
News Release: A summary of the improvements made in the substitute amendment and an updated detailed summary of the substitute amendment to the Small Business Jobs Act, unveiled by Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today, are attached and available on the Small Business Jobs legislation page of the Finance Committee Website at...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On June 21, 2010, pavement preservation work began on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. In order to facilitate the safe and timely completion of this work, it will be necessary to temporarily close the North Rim Scenic Drive on two separate occasions.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 21, 2010
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has determined that Herman Rivas was responsibly connected with C. H. Rivas LLC, operating in Rio Rico, Ariz. C. H. Rivas LLC failed to pay a reparation award, which is a violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOL Newswire | Jul 21, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s senior Republican member, issued the following statement today following the committee’s vote on a partisan proposal that pairs mining reforms with controversial changes to the Occupational Safety and Health Act - proposals overwhelmingly ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - An investigation conducted by Rep. Darrell Issa, the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee is revealing new insights into the inner workings of Countrywide’s Financial Corporation’s infamous VIP and Friends of Angelo Program that existed to buy friends in critical...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) lauded Senate passage today of legislation to reinstate federal unemployment insurance benefits for Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. Baucus introduced this legislation with Majority Leader Harry Reid in June and has been fighting to extend eligibility for these benefits for workers since the program expired on June 2, 2010.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2010
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have cultivated many thousands of nanocrystals in what looks like a pinscreen or "pin art" on silicon, a step toward reliable mass production of semiconductor nanowires for millionths-of-a-meter-scale devices such as sensors and lasers.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2010
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today the reopening of the east side of Cape Point in Cape Hatteras National Seashore near Buxton, N.C., to off-road vehicle (ORV) access effective immediately. The area is now open to ORV traffic from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. daily. The night-time prohibition on beach driving is still in effect on all national seashore beaches from 10:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Two teenage hikers in Glacier National Park were struck by falling rocks on the Highline trail on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Both hikers have been transported for medical attention, though the extent of the hikers’ injuries is not known at this time.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) Neil Barofsky, today released its quarterly report that blasted the Treasury Department for instituting “the equivalent of a fully deployed TARP program" without transparency and for setting “meaningless" ...
